Mr. Rostron Duckworthasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps have been taken to encourage the growing of tomatoes in this country, either inside greenhouses or outside them, during the coming summer?
Mr. HudsonHorticultural Cropping Orders have been issued requiring tomatoes to be substituted in part for flower crops both under glass and on open land. By this means tomato supplies from home sources have already been increased by one-third, and a further 20 percent. increase is expected this year.